OT: The Universe's "Dark Energy" Explained?

The NYT is one of the only media outlets in any form still doing true investigative journalism. It's a huge entity with thousands of writers, so inevitably there are going to be clunkers from time to time. But to call them a tabloid is to either 1) grossly misunderstand the meaning of that word 2) grossly misunderstand what the Times actually does, or 3) both

I've been complaining about the Times--and listening to people complain about it--for half a century. But your criticism is so crazily broad-brush. To compare, take the Wall Street Journal; its editorial stance is about as far from mine as could possibly be. But there are 100s of journalists working, many on staff, many of them of all stripes politically, to publish important, credible investigative work there. 

The Times helped Bush sell the Iraq War, with lies. It's long been a favored source for information, and disinformation, that the CIA wanted inserted in the American mind, and for the eastern establishment to parrot. It's also been outlet for tens of thousands of liberal, progressive and--yes--conservative journos to publish their work. 

Washington Post? Owned by the head of Amazon, guy who's hardly my cup of tea. But with more international reporting, day to day, than most any other paper. USA Today? Well, okay. . . 

The point, in the end, is that you have got to learn to read, critically. To have enough education about how things work TO read critically. To read lots and lots else. There are LOTS of people invested in that not happening.  

Tabloid refers to the shape of a paper, btw. The Times has been more of a broadsheet. Personally, I scan the front page, read about the arts, go to the international news pages (which has articles in Spanish, too), and avoid the icky, icky, icky fashion advice and society weddings. Read the conservative columnists to keep my brain working, even when I disagree with them. They run The Athletic now, too. 

We've long had this really dumb idea about neutral reporting. No one anywhere else in the world fantasizes that that's real. We all have stakes in the stories we tell. The news business is an awful dying beast here, but the truth. . . is out there. You just gotta find it for yourself. It's not gonna be handed as some kind of pablum that everyone digests together, is "truth," and agrees is delicious. These people are trying to make money. 

For my moola, the Times--and many liberals--spend way too much time reacting to the growth of the conservative outlets. Go out, get the damn stories, tell them. Let the chips fall where they may. 

Nyt has always taken itself seriously, and at one time it may have lived up to its own standard, but it has long been completely captured by ideologues who eat their own dogshit. It survives on subscriptions as a boutique newspaper for a very small demographic. At least the Post knows what it is--and it's much more entertaining, interesting, and fun.

Hmm.....I wonder why it's still a dream job for the best journalism students.   Maybe they know something you don't.